PRO14 wrap: Maximums for Scarlets and Edinburgh

Scarlets and Edinburgh claimed bonus-point wins over the Dragons and Kings respectively in the PRO14 action taking place on Friday.

Scarlets 47-13 Dragons
Parc y Scarlets

Scarlets displayed their superiority to thrash the Dragons 47-13 and move seven points clear at the top of Conference B.

Arwel Robson did open the scoring for the Newport-based outfit but the hosts soon began to show their range of skills, scoring three tries via James Davies, Tom Prydie and Dan Jones.

Bernard Jackman’s men hit back at the end of the first half via the boot of Carl Meyer but the home side maintained their control on the encounter in the second period.

The West Walians put together some wonderful attacks from deep and were rewarded by quick-fire efforts from Aled Davies and Aaron Shingler.

With the game over as a contest, it became loose and the Scarlets profited further, crossing the whitewash via Will Boyde and Rhys Jones.

However, the Dragons had the final word through Sarel Pretorius.

The scorers:

For Scarlets:
Tries: J Davies, Prydie, D Jones, A Davies, Shingler, Boyde, R Jones
Cons: D Jones 4, Patchell 2

For Dragons:
Try: Pretorius
Con: O'Brien
Pens: Robson, Meyer

Scarlets: 15 Rhys Patchell, 14 Tom Prydie, 13 Steff Hughes, 12 Hadleigh Parkes, 11 Ioan Nicholas, 10 Dan Jones, 9 Aled Davies, 8 John Barclay, 7 James Davies, 6 Aaron Shingler, 5 David Bulbring, 4 Steve Cummins, 3 Samson Lee, 2 Ken Owens (c), 1 Rob Evans
Replacements: 16 Ryan Elias, 17 Wyn Jones, 18 Simon Gardiner, 19 Lewis Rawlins, 20 Will Boyde, 21 Jonathan Evans, 22 Rhys Jones, 23 Morgan Williams

Dragons: 15 Carl Meyer, 14 Pat Howard, 13 Sam Beard, 12 Jack Dixon, 11 Jared Rosser, 10 Arwel Robson, 9 Dan Babos, 8 James Benjamin, 7 Taine Basham, 6 Aaron Wainwright, 5 Cory Hill (c), 4 Joe Davies, 3 Nicky Thomas, 2 Liam Belcher, 1 Luke Garrett
Replacements: 16 Ellis Shipp, 17 Thomas Davies, 18 Lloyd Fairbrother, 19 Rynard Landman, 20 Robson Blake, 21 Sarel Pretorius, 22 Angus O’Brien, 23 Jarryd Sage

Referee: Marius Mitrea (Italy)
Assistant referees: Andrea Piardi (Italy), Wayne Davies (Wales)
TMO: Alan Falzone (Italy)

Edinburgh 37-7 Southern Kings
Myreside

Edinburgh maintained the pressure on third place Ulster in Conference B following a comfortable 37-7 triumph over the winless Southern Kings.

Conditions meant that free-flowing rugby was at a premium and the supporters had to wait until the second quarter for the first score.

That came through the home side’s fly-half Jaco van der Walt before the floodgates opened and Grant Gilchrist touched down after displaying some impressive footballing skills.

Blair Kinghorn then crossed the whitewash as Richard Cockerill’s men moved into a 15-0 lead at the interval.

The Kings, alongside fellow South African side the Cheetahs, had a break over Christmas and New Year, but it did not seem to do them any good as the hosts continued to dominate.

Van der Walt kicked a second three-pointer and Duhan van der Merwe then went over to effectively complete the win.

Edinburgh then went in search of the bonus-point and they duly got their reward through Cameron Fenton and Dougie Fife.

Ntabeni Dukisa’s effort was sandwiched in between the Scottish outfit’s last two tries but it was another disappointing evening for the Kings.

The scorers:

For Edinburgh:
Tries: Gilchrist, Kinghorn, Van der Merwe, Fenton, Fife
Cons: Van der Walt 3
Pens: Van der Walt 2

For Kings:
Try: Dukisa
Con: Dukisa

Edinburgh: 15 Blair Kinghorn, 14 Dougie Fife, 13 Mark Bennett, 12 Phil Burleigh, 11 Duhan van der Merwe, 10 Jaco van der Walt, 9 Nathan Fowles, 8 Cornell du Preez, 7 Hamish Watson, 6 Magnus Bradbury, 5 Grant Gilchrist, 4 Ben Toolis, 3 Murray McCallum, 2 Stuart McInally (c), 1 Jordan Lay
Replacements: 16 Cameron Fenton, 17 Elliot Millar-Mills, 18 Matt Shields, 19 Fraser McKenzie, 20 Viliame Mata, 21 Sean Kennedy, 22 Chris Dean, 23 Damien Hoyland

Southern Kings: 15 Ntabeni Dukisa, 14 Yaw Penxe, 13 Berton Klaasen, 12 Martin du Toit, 11 Alshaun Bock, 10 Kurt Coleman, 9 Rudi van Rooyen, 8 Ruaan Lerm, 7 Martinus Burger, 6 Eitel Bredenkamp, 5 Dries van Schalkwyk, 4 Jurie van Vuuren, 3 Pieter Scholtz, 2 Stephan Coetzee, 1 Schalk Ferreira (c)
Replacements: 16 Tango Balekile, 17 Rossouw de Klerk, 18 Martin Dreyer, 19 Lindokuhle Welemu, 20 Freddy Ngoza, 21 Rowan Gouws, 22 Harlon Klaasen, 23 Masixole Banda

Referee: Lloyd Linton (Scotland)
Assistant referees: Mike Adamson (Scotland), Sam Grove-White (Scotland)
TMO: Neil Paterson (Scotland)